Mary Finlay Park — Attraction in Edmonton

This is a great park! lots of space for all kinds of activities with a modern style playground and splash pad that is forest ranger station themed (in forest heights) and inspires the imagination for play, with a soft rubber base, instead of sand or wood which makes it great for all ages! from safe-ish first time walker face plants to older kids being able to ride scooters and skateboards or learn to ride 2 wheelers (bye bye training wheels hello soft crash pad) there is a large gazebo lots of benches and picnic tables even ones with chess/checkers boards built in (pieces not included) and beautiful landscaping with small hills and walkways that loop around the playground and trees that provide lots of shade and some the kids can play in also, beautiful bushes and flowers and soft grass, during the summer it hosts green shack activities and there is usually a porta potty for when it's time to "go" and also a dual level drinking fountain one for kids, one for adults (the one fountain sprays pretty high if you push hard on the button great for filling water bottles) and in winter the community league is usually open with the ice rink, which has always been excellently maintained! When I was a kid they would provide a small concession with hot drinks and various munchies (not sure if they still do that) and as a bonus right across the street is forest heights elementary with a large sanded playground soccer and baseball fields paved double basketball court (four hoops) all wrapped in a nice cozy quiet beautiful neighborhood where your biggest concern will probably be some elderly people giving you candies for your children and the potential sugar rush that...

One of my favourite parks. Not to big not to small, and the park doesn't have those stupid woodchips. The community center is right beside and you might be able to bathroom in there, but I'm not sure so knock first. Forest heights school has a bigger and better park right nearby but this one is generally more quite and has a spray park in the summer. In the winter there is just wind and snow so have...

Really nice little park. Community league has gone great lengths to revitalize the park and playground. Really nice place on a warm day to take younger kids. There is a spray park as well. There is a community garden behind the playground. In the winter there is a rink as well that is operational. Please respect the park, do not dump your kitchen garbage or yard waste in the bins or on the city...